BigLaw: Money and Meaning in the Modern Law Firm
Author:   Mitt Regan ,  Lisa H. Rohrer
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
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9780226741949


Pages:   264
Publication Date:   22 December 2020
Format:   Hardback
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BigLaw: Money and Meaning in the Modern Law Firm


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Author:   Mitt Regan ,  Lisa H. Rohrer
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
Imprint:   University of Chicago Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.513kg
ISBN:  

9780226741949


ISBN 10:   022674194
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   22 December 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction: BigLaw 1 Business and Profession: Bridging the Divide 2 Clients in the Driver's Seat 3 Encouraging Entrepreneurs 4 Entrepreneurs and Collaboration 5 Pruning for Productivity 6 The Material Economy of Compensation 7 The Symbolic Economy of Compensation 8 Luring Laterals 9 Trusted Advisors and Service Providers Conclusion: Money and Meaning in the Modern Law Firm Appendix on the Research Project Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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Explores how large firms are responding to intensifying competition and what this means for lawyers' understandings of themselves as professionals, focusing on interviews conducted between 2009 and 2016 with partners in large US law firms to assess the claim that business concerns are eclipsing professional values in law firm practice. * Journal of Economic Literature *


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Mitt Regan is McDevitt Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession at Georgetown Law Center. Lisa H. Rohrer is a senior fellow at the Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession at Georgetown Law Center and a senior advisor at Fairfax Associates.

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